💥 Attack

Russian forces fired on areas near Hrushuvakha and Virnopillia on the Sloviansk front while improving supply and logistics.

August 16, 2022 Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Lysychansk Oil Refinery (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Vershyny (location) Soledar (location) Zaitseve (location) Maiorsk (location) Mazanivka (location) Kramatorsk (location) Verkhnokamianske (location) Hryhorivka (location) Pereizne (location) Rozdolivka (location) Ivano-Darivka (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Shumiv (location) Yakovlivka (location) Avdiivka (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Oleksandropol (location) Vodiane (location) Opytne (location) Novokalynove (location) Novobakhmutivka (location) Marinka (location) Nevelske (location) Volodymyrivka (location) Novoukrainka (location) Pavlivka (location) Vuhledar (location) Novosilky (location) Charivne (location) Vremivka (location) Kamianske (location) Dorozhnianka (location) Novopil (location) Novoandriivka (location) Poltavka (location) Novomykhailivka (location) Hrushuvakha (location) Krasnopillia (location) Virnopillia (location) Ridne (location) Dolyna (location) Nova Dmytrivka (location) Dibrivne (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian military (organization) Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Ukrainian Navy Marines (military_unit) Orihiv (location) Nikopol (location) Kurakhovo (location) Karlivka (location) Alexander Goncharenko (person) Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Defence Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (military_unit) ISW (organization) Luhansk People's Republic Militants (military_unit) Bakhmut (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Seversk (location) Mariinka (location) Peski (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) 14th Brigade (military_unit) Russian occupiers (military_unit) BMPs (weapon_system) Belohorivka (location) Novohryhorivka (location) Russian occupation forces (military_unit) Sloviansk (location) Siversk (location) Donetsk (location) General Staff (organization)

Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

Russians fired near Hrushuvakha and Virnopillia on the Sloviansk front.

Kyiv Independent →

Russian aircraft targeted Yakovlivka and Soledar in Donetsk Oblast.

Kyiv Post →

On August 16, cluster munitions injured over 20 civilians in Donetsk region; workers were shelled in Orihiv and Nikopol.

UNIAN →

Similar to the Yuzhny Buhr direction, Russian attacks near Bakhmut, Solodar, Zaitseve, and Mayorsk ended with enemy retreats and losses.

Censor.NET →

Enemy carried out fire damage near Hrushuvaha and Virnopillia.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:01:46.281Z

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